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Secretary of the University Little and his aide Miss Alice Belcher are responsible for seeing to it that the hundreds of foreign emissaries who come to Harvard each year have a pleasant and uncomplicated stay. Our biggest job, says Little, is taking care of the people the State Department sends us under its "Higher Education Program...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Little's Office Shepherds Hundreds of Dignitaries, Diplomats, Foreign Educators Through University | 11/21/1952 | See Source »

...soon as the dignitaries reach the Square they are in the hands of Miss Belcher, who has a great asset in being able to speak seven languages fluently. She makes hotel reservations, provides for guides, and makes sure that the guests see the right professors...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Little's Office Shepherds Hundreds of Dignitaries, Diplomats, Foreign Educators Through University | 11/21/1952 | See Source »

...every visitor has an easy time, however. A few weeks ago Miss Belcher had a near catastrophe on her hands. A French newspaperman had arrived expressly to see Louis M. Lyons, curator of the Nieman Foundation, about journalism problems that were plaguing his country. He had forgotten to inform Massachusetts Hall that he could not speak English, and since Lyons knows no French the conversation was somewhat disorganized. It was over an hour before Miss Belcher could find an interpreter, and by then both men had given up in despair...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Little's Office Shepherds Hundreds of Dignitaries, Diplomats, Foreign Educators Through University | 11/21/1952 | See Source »

Dartmouth will start its ace right hander. Frank Logan, in one of the two games. In the other it will probably use Mike McDonald or Don Belcher, two promising sophomores. So far, most of the heavy hitting by the Green has been done by its flashy, sophomore keystone combination of Bob McGrath and Don Swanson, both of whom are hitting over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Faces Dartmouth In Saturday's Twin Bill | 5/16/1952 | See Source »

...Jersy College rolled on through the nineteenth century on the momentum of Governor Belcher's work. It also adopted the name Princeton and developed intense college spirit due to its isolated location...

Author: By William A. M. burden, | Title: Harvard Rake Rescues Princeton | 11/10/1951 | See Source »

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